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GHSA-j74f-g7vx-fh4x pgAdmin 4: OS command injection vulnerability in Import/Export query export

HIGH Published 2026-05-11 Modified 2026-05-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-7816
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pgadmin4
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-78, CWE-89
Reviewed
2026-05-18

Affected packages

• PyPI pgadmin4: < 9.15 → fixed in 9.15

Description

OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Import/Export query export. User-supplied input was interpolated directly into a psql \copy metacommand template without sanitization. An authenticated user could inject ") TO PROGRAM 'cmd'" to break out of the \copy (...) context and achieve arbitrary command execution on the pgAdmin server, or ") TO '/path'" for arbitrary file write. Additional fields (format, on_error, log_verbosity) were also raw-interpolated and exploitable. Fix adds a parens-balance parser modeled on psql's strtokx tokenizer, allow-lists format/on_error/log_verbosity, rejects null bytes in the query, and tightens type and gating checks. This issue affects pgAdmin 4: before 9.15.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-7816 OS command injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 Import/Export query export. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness

References